Make Engineering Happen

Event Name Make Engineering Happen
Organizer Smallpeice Trust
Sponsorship KeyMed (Medical & Industrial Equipment) Ltd.
Date 22 - 24 July, 2019
Venue Colchester / U.K.
Participants 100 students (age 14-15)
Event Outline At University of Essex, a three day residential course where students are given the opportunity to work with role-model engineers and specialists on real-life engineering challenges. During the course, students learn about Olympus and are challenged to build a flexible endoscope that can angulate in left/right directions, perform maximum angles against a protractor and navigate a foam lung model in a mock procedure. The project itself is designed and led by Olympus staff; Chris Byford, Team Leader - Training, and additional mentor support provided by Andy Gunn, Quality Engineer together with Curtis Pettifer, Jeffrey Hlongwane and Daniel Cox, Service Engineering apprentices.


Make Happen Group Photo


Work in Progress


Angulation Test


Finished Flexible Endoscope


Lung Model Navigation Test

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